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Cards.
iCnivjtrrs' (Uarfls.
JJ W. SMITH,
A TT ORNEY-AT-LAW,
11:1:71 Clearfleld, p.
J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
Lit Phlllpebars;. Ceritr Co.. Pa. y:pd
JOLAND D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curweneville, Clearfield Bounty, Pa.
oot. 9, '71-lf.
QSCAR MITCnSLL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
srcnof in the opera iiouoe. octs, '71-tf.
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
SrOfllco ono door eoet of Shaw Houae.
1 Oil PHI STING OP EVERY DK8CRI
ej ttoo aoetly deflated el thle offiee.
TUtTICE8 eV CONHTABLBM KKliK
tl Wo have prlntod a largo aamber of th boo
I KE HILL, and will oa the receipt of twentv.
to eonta. Moil o oopy to any addroea. oavs
T7ILLIAM II. HENRY, Justice
TT or tbb Pbacb Ann Scbitbkbb, LUMUE
CITY. Collootloao aiado aad money promptly
paid over. Artioleo of agreement and doodo of
conveyance Boat); eieoutod aad warraotod oor.
root or ao charge. HJy 71
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
JbiUm of tho Puct and Sorlrtntr.
Curw-enavllle, Pa
fcrS-Collaetloai ma.it ud BontT promptlj
paid ovor. fobai 7111
HENRY BRETH,
(OITKMB F. O.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
TOW BULL TOWMNHIP.
Uky 8, 1878-ly
Til. M. McCULLOUfln,
"AMES MITCHELL,
DBALSB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JoII'TI CLEARFIELD, PA.
V. IIOYT,
Land Surveyor and Civil Eifii((
PHILIPSBURO, PA.
.tT-All bualneeB will bo attobdo I to promptly
Pea. IS, lBsO-ly.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
09i:e In Meaonie building, Second atreet, op.
pout too uourt iiouoe. iezn,'7S-tl.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWENSVILLK,
M Clotrfiold Coontj, Pena'a. Toy
T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
jft'.eo u Op.ro Houw. ap 11,77-ly
g.MlTII V. WILSON,
CLEARFIELD, . - PENN'A.
pfOSin la Ibo Maiunlo Bulljiog, oror tbo
LouDly iDlloiiol liook. Ltuirzl-so.
WALLACE & KREBS,
A T T O R N K Y S - A T - L A W ,
janl Hl Clearfirld, Pa.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penu'a.
a)t.Will oxofluto lobi 1b bia lino promptly and
in a workmanllka manner. orr,o7
F
RAN IC FIELDING
AND
WILLIAM D. BlCLF.R,
jTrojt.vciwr.i,.! ',
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Nor. 17th, lint) tf. .
WEAVER &, BETTS,
DkALkRS IN
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND Ll'UDKKeF ALL KINDS.
XT'Offloo on Beoond oirool, 1b roar of ftore
rooa of Uoorro Weaver A Co. jonll, '78-tf.
J.
F. SNYDER,
AT'iuRNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office orrr the C unty National Bonk.
Juno M, 'Tstf.
JRANK G. HARRIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clbabfirlb, PeRn'a.
Firit-oloie Life and Fire Imuranoo Compeoloe
rfre.enii.u.
5-Otrioe In lie 0iera Hoo.-
Mar. 1B,'II)
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF TUB PEACE
mm
Ittcatur Township,
Oieoole Mill) P. 0.
All official bmlnori ontraited to him will bo
promptly attended to. Bob3v, '7C.
TARRY SNYDER,
Li. BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
fibop on Market St., oppoolte Court Houie.
A oioaa towel for every euftomer.
Aleo dealer in
lleit HraudB uf Tobarcs and Cigars
RUorield. P.. nay If. '71.
SISTER.
Farew.ll, doareit Mortio I
We bid oor lait adioa,
Our bearta are all aching
From the loaing of you.
But whet wo feel our Ion,
It moit eurely your gain,
Elnce now you're in heaven.
That bleat lend, without pain.
Yaur heart unto Jean a
In health yon to him gave,
And died happy, truating,
With no fear of the grave.
You have now left tbta world.
With Ita teara, palna, and frowoe.
And with tha redeemed
Wear a bright, eterry erown.
Fifteen abort fleeting yeera !
Bow quickly they have fled
And Jdortio la numbered
Among the aileot dead ;
And tnuugh wo do miaayou,
And your homo la above.
Yet eeeia wo ean meet you
. W ith tboaeof Uod'a love.
Dear mother remember,
Aa htr grave you paaa by,
Though in the cold v.lloy
11. r frail body doth lie,
Her aplrit ia in lleeven
'Jdcng the glorified throng,
And ainging with Jeane
That aweet trinmpbaot long.
And father will aslia ber,
And never will he know
A daugbter'a afleotion
Any more here below ;
But Uyou lire rightly
In lloeven you will meet,
And with ber and the angola
Tbe awtot atory repeat.
Now, to her twin brother,
Ob, whet more can I any,
Than follow her footatepe
Aod tread the narrow way ;
So when the Death Angel
May auinmon you away,
Again you ean meet her
in realma of endleaa day.
And brotbera and aiitera
W ho are left bere to mourn
The loaa of) a aiater,
While on earth yon aojonrn,
Pray live for to meet her
In that home opon high,
Ami dwell with ber, happy
Through all eternity.
Then farewell, dear aiater,
You beve gone borne before;
We mlaa thee, we miae tbee,
And our loia we deplore
But we would not recall thee
From Ueeren again
Baek to a world of grief,
Sorrow, aickneaa and pain.
Brotu
m Horl, April 9, mi.
THE L1CESSE QUESTION.
AN F.LAIIORATR HKVIKtV UP THE
LAX. HI JIIIII.K IILAIII, OP
INDIANA.
iiig
oath and dischargo my duty faithfully
in this, as in all other canes, leaving
tut) consequence! to mono who aro ro
sponnible lor them. Your understand
ing of the law I tiiko to bo this, viz:
That it tho Judro thinks the salo ol
liquor to bo productive of evil, or if
people lnlorm mm by remonstrance
that it ia productive ol evil, ho may
refuse all licenses, and yet be doing
hia duty under the law, although the
applicant baa complied with the law
with respect to bond, houseroom, char
acter and in all other particulars. As
a legal proposition this ia absurd. I
never heard of a judgo in Pennsylva
nia who entertained any Buch notion
and there is no competont and cundid
attorney who would adviso you that
sucn was tbo law. 1 have said fre
quently horotofore, during tbe lost five
years, from the bench, that if it de
pended on the will ol tbe judgo thero
would be nono in Indiana count v. If
it ia to be affected or controlled by
remonstrances ot tho description allud
ed to, tho probabilities aro that thoy
can no obtained hero in abundance.
In either event therefore there would
bo no license, and what ia true as to
Indiana county 1 have no doubt would
also be as true to almost all tho coun
ties in tho State, llow comes it that
not tbo shchtet-t effort has ovor been
made by any porson or persons in all
thoso years to have the foregoing
propositions declared to be law by the
Supremo Court 1 Nothing would be
easier man to make up a case lur de
cision, and tho cost would bo trifling.
I know probably a thousand good
temporanco men in this county who
bavo novor mado such effort, but no
one oxpocts them to make it for the
obvious reason that nono of them bo
lieve the proposition or profess to bo
liovo it. I am not eiieukinir ot that
class oi men. 1 heir conduct is rational,
and plain people can understand it.
But what of thoso who do profess to
believo it ? How does it coino that
tbey bavo refrained, and still do re
frain, from having the SupremcrCourt
to declare the law. Such a decision
would accomplish the rnmo results fur
which carnost men have beon Strug.
gling nt Hnrrisburg lor six years at
eacn mooting ot the .Legislature. ,i hy
is tbo cilort not mador Jlere la an
opportunity and it is constantly open
to do more for the cause, in a month,
than can be done by a hundred years
of blatherskite and misrepresentation.
The Court will rejoice and so will the
community at large, if the effort is
successful. Yon havo doubtless mot a
few of these men who profess to bo
confidant of tho law on this eubjoct
rnoa. . MtfBkir.
CTBUI BOBCOB.
JURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
SrOffice la Pie'a Opera Uoueo, aeound floor.
SO'74
yil.LIAM A. H AtERTY,
OI't'lCE over T. A. Klerk at Co.'a (tore,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
Jter-WIII attend to all legal bualneaa ..with
pioiuptneea end noeitty. loon, 'sn-tr
rtlMKPB B. B'BMiLLT. DABIBI W. M'ottBpr.
CNALLY 4 MoCURDY
JAMES H. TURNER,
JUSTICE Or THE PEACE,
W ellecetuu, Pa.
tr-He hea propared bimaelf with all tbe
aeoeaiery blank forma under the renelon aad
Bounty luwa, ae well aa blank Deeda, eta. All
legal mattera eotruated to hia eare will reoelve
prompt attention. May 7t, IB7V-U.
A NDREW HARWICH,
XX Market Htrcet, Clear Held, Pa.,
auiurAcTOBRB Ann pBAi.Ba in
Harness, JBridla, Saddles, Collars, and
Jlorse-rurmshing Goods.
a?A)l kinde of repairing promptly attended
i. Saddlera' Hardware, ilorae Jlruabea. Curry
Oombe, Ac, alwaya on hand end for aals at tbe
loweet eeab priee. Ueroh lv, 1S7V.
McK
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
t leardeld, Pa.
r- Legal bualneaa attended to promptly with) delivered if doeired.
uu. uiuoi ua DwDne aireei, aoove loo rlrat
eilonat uenk. Jan:l:7e
Pnfnpa alweva on hand and made to order
en ahort notice. Pipea bored on reaoonabla lama
All work warranted to render eatiafaetlon, and
myS6:lypd
J F. McKENRICK,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
All legal bualneaa entruated to bla eare will re-
eelre prompt attention.
"0ffioo In tbe Conrt Houae.
eu(U,l781y.
G. KJAMER,
A.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Eetala and Collection Agent,
CI.EAKPIbLD, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legel bualneaa en-
tru.tml to bin eare.
BeT-OOoe in Pie'e Opera Houee. Janl'7.
JOHN L. CDTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Viiil Real Rotate Agent, Clearfield. Pn.
I'd e ob Third atreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
4rReBpeotfully effera bla aervieeeln Bailing
and buying landB In Clearfleld and adjoining
eountios and with an eaperlenoe ol over twenty
yaara ae a surveyor, flatiora bimaelf that he eaa
render aetlalaetlon. rob. 2l:S3itf,
I'lilisirfnns' Cnrtls.
Eilvery (Stable.
IfMIE underalgned bege leave to Intorm thepnb
1 lie thet be ia now fully prepare1 to aooommo-
CLEARFIELD, PA. 'e all in tbe wayof furnlahing lU.aee, Buggies,
Ioeadieo and llarneol, on tbe enorteat notice and
an reaaonable tenna. Reaideooe on Loeoat atreet,
between inird and rourtn.
(1KO. W. OEARIIART
Hoarrleld. Feb.-d, IS74.
EM. SOUEURER,
IIOMEOI'ATIIIO riirrtll'lAN,
OOloe In realdrnce ob Flrrl at.
April 14, 1871. Clrariold, Pa
iyi W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
DUBOIS CITY, PA.
Will attend profeealonal call! promptly. auglO'TO
J)n. T. J. BOYER,
eilYSICIAN AND SURQKON,
Office on Market Street, Clearfleld. Pa.
AWr-OSloe hnora; I to II a. m., and I to f
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PI A LIB !
WENKRAL MERCHANDISE,
(.RAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, tUniivt mktiufiotartr and dialsr In Son
Timber aod tjwd Luuiborof all klodi.
jMOrdrt olloltcd and all blllt ortimtjUT
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ARB aill.BR IB
Watchoo. Clucks and Jowelry
Qrmkam't Rom, Marktt Arwl,
C'I.EARKII-:l,n, PA.
All kinii of renilrin in bit llni Dromntl? U
CARBULL t. BlbOLB.
Clearfleld Insurance Arciioj.
hi: nn k it i inn. i:, atrmit.
R.preaent the following aa1 other flret-elaaa Co'e
Coropeniea. Aaaeta.
Llrerpool London A 0 1 .be IT. A. Br .(
Lveotning on mutual A eeab plana. 1,000, OnA
l'limeli, of Hartford, Coon I,6!t,fa
Inauraoee Co. of North Amerira S.4.HI.S74
North Brltlah A Mereantlle U.B. Br l,7,SSS
Seottl.b Commercial t . B. Branch.... lit, I4
weiereowa 704,111
Travelera (Life A Accident) 4.IVI.4M
umoe on Merhot St.. otn. Court Ilouee. c ear.
eld. Pa. June 4. '7 lf.
DI,
J. KAY WRIGLEY,
B0MEOPATOI0 PHYSICIAN,
Olure adjoining the reaideooe ef Jamee
""("7, Kail., oa BeooBd St., Clearfleld, re.
Juiyilrs tf.
Insurance Agency
OF
WILLIAM 0. HELMBOLD, ,
Pa f ln Blot It, CurtrtHtrilte, Pa,
Companies Represented i
Commerelal Union lol. Co.. Aaaata .11.004. TOi 11
mi ysician and s UROEON, !:i;::Si! It
n C.JKNKINS, M. D.,
Ot'RVTKNSVILLE, PA.,
Officfa it rtaidraoa, tormr of But ttnd Pint
Travclon'Aecidtnt lfii. Co . A ,4lt,lW4 2H
Nortbora Iai. Co. of Now York Aa'li MMV0 99
iDinrtB? pi Med oa oil klodi of propart at
tquitablo rtii.
uorwrnivino, ro , wmu. i( inoin.
!)" B VAN VALZAn- West End Drug Store,
CI.EARPIEI.II, PKNN'A.
Or PICE IN HKetDENOE, CORNER OF FIRST
AND PINE STREETS.
i- OBoe houra Prora II lo I P. U.
May II, 1171.
IN OR All AM fl ROW,
(Half way belweee Moaeop't and Fleek'i
alorea.)
1)H J. r. II URCH FIELD,
CLEARFIELD, pa.
Till andoralgned bee opened up a Drug Store,
with b lull aupply ef perfectly pure and
L.i. a ..l i . i . ween urnee, M.nieiow, ukoiiwi m ,
i-eiaSirgeoBef IhelldReglaieBI.PeBBaylvBnia ArmlM, 'Ih,M Dr, k, ba eeleeud with
.a ""'ned from the Army, , , ,u.rtMd to be perfwlly
... ' r'""v"ai oorviee eo Miooiuevoe DU Ma reliable. I will five my nereonal aiton-
ii,iaere,u Bounty. . - " '' department, and will eheorfellr glee
. r r any aaviee ana iBrovoaeiieo in rrgera wm"-
,.T i ". eneet, formerly oeeopled byl, rttl,r . t. j. wier.
At the lust sitlinn- of the Court at
ndiana, in this Suite, the follow
paper wus presented :
"The underlined, citlaena of Eaat V.lior.lni
wnahip end vicinitv. would rearteetfullv t,ra..ni
that wo firmly believe that the re.alta of tho a.u
.od'lnli'.'Jn "4,"" ",4 " KV"" and yu my hvo heard their oxtrav-
and only evil oootmoou.ly, aod we eennot be- .. i i L ,-
Move that tbe aele of ..id liquora la neoeaaary for aKar,t "."e'-mntion on tho CVlls of liq-
tne eooommodetionof the DutlteoraniartkiDmHnt uor BCIIinir. and the blessed condition
o. e.nuigerao. iraveiian ia any place ia tbia ol things when license shall bo
rou, Honor' not To vSZTSS. . i, court houses, &c,
piece witbm your juriadiotion, and we win ever to disappear, and humanity is to
P'-" bo restored to nrettv much tho samo
Tl. n...... . M' I J . .L-. :. ... i if . f .. ...
.uovuuitraiui if e uau suiiDOHea i luitt ii uAiBiou noioro the iu 1. it ih a
that so far as the law relatine to license, dolitrhlful picture thoutrh sensible neo.
aim we power oi tue uouri iu that pie wno keep iboir heads cool and are
mattor, were eoncernod, there was no not gifted "with equal foresight and so
longor room forany misunderstanding, gicity, will be entirely contented with
jjui iiuinuer 01 gentlemen ot excel- results loss surprising, but more cer
ium general character, and earnest tain nnd rcasouahlo. We enn all ad
lriends of tomperanco, havo lately in- niire enthusiasm in a good cause whon
luruieu me mat erroneous impressions u is manly and honest, and wo can
exist in the minds ot some good people, overlook some oxnggorations and even
uy reason oi irequont ana persistent ausuriiiucs ol speech. Dut when the
misrepresentations on tbo subjoot. person who utters them has a plan by
a our remonstrance lonus connrmation wnicu tne ovu can be removed in a
to this statement, for I cannot conceive month, or less, and at a triflinir cost.
why you would send such a remon- and keeps on declaring his confidence
strance to the Court, unless you be- in it from year to year, and yet novor
neve wo nau tne power to roluse Ii- oners t. put Ins plan into execution,
i i inu iur uiu reasons inerein stated, can no complain it an intelligent nub
Jou must have bcliovod it, foryou are lio aro unable to comprohend him?
men ui too mucn sense ana virtue to inoro aro times and occasions when
ask tbo Court to ononly disregard tho it is omto easy to create Ikl sa inini'pn.
i . i. ... . , ,. ".. . -
mw, or vu evauo ita ouvious moaning sion, ana to mislead many good pooplo
,i i.uiuuD cAeunvn niiu uuvices. ii un a question oi law, ii you can una
1 speak with some feeling, and iust an individual mean enouirh for cortain
Bsvoiiijr wune reiernng to mo legal pnvaio purposos, to enlist in the dis-
aspocls ot tho liccnso question 1 beg reputable work. Do not understand
you to understand that tho remark is me as advising you to carry the quos-
not intended for any of you personally, tion to the Supreme Court. 1 have
but for tho fow, who from motives too much rcspocl for yon as well oa
wen Known to incmsoivos. bavo been lor mvsolt to tzive vou such ailv ne.
endeavoring to mislead you and others When at the bar I nevor oneouraucd
upon mattera ol law as clear and well a mnn to litigation whon I thought be
ouincu an mo iw tuttv Bocurcs tne title nau no case, and wbon 1 return to it
to your farms, i bchevo you to be I shall act in the same way. Much
possessed not only of the grace of tem- loss would I desire to imnose on von
poranco, but ot thoso olhor qualities when on the bench. I do not blame
essential to a good charactor. 1 have you for supporting tho law to be as
anown many 01 you irom my boyhood indicated in your remonstrance, bo
personally and by reputation, and 1 causo 1 know you wore told so by
vmvvu yuu w uu iriuuuiv lowaras my. oioers. wno ouiniL in na aaiiamnn ni it.
self. None of you would tell a delib- Hut if anybody ever tolls you so again
erale lie, or make a reckless statomont please ask him to attost his taith by
without knowing or caring whothcr it taking the caso to tho Supremo Court,
was truo or (also. You havo no sollish and then mark and serntiniza thn r.
ends to attain but honestly desire to cuses he civos you for not doing it.
do something lor tho cause of temper- Vou will thus got your oyes opened by
""""i ",r wn sane, ana to stay tne asuroaau unmistnkable tost. Tho law
evils flowing from tbe salo of liquor, as to the powor of tho Court has bocn
whethor licensed or unlicensed. 1 am settled by judicial decision in language
always pleased to uotico, kindly and so plain that no intelligent man wheth-
frankly, a communication from such a or lawyer or layman, can misundor-
noureu, especially wnen it relates to a stana It. Tbore mny havo beon room
legal proposition affecting tho public for some ingenious argument about it
mlcrosts. Nono of you arocandidates eight or ten years ago but there is
for offlco, or getting ready to bo can- nono now, for it has sinco beon dolor
didatcs, nnd you aro therefore not soil- mined by the bighost tribunal in tho
inS tue temperance levor lor tno pur- "into, and without a dissenting voice,
poso of elevating yourselves or knock. Tbe decision was pronounced bv Hon
iK uvucia uuwu. none oi you, at tne niei justice Agnow, nn ardent advo
nstance of a few designing parties, calo of tcmnoraneo from hia vnut.li
have inserted an occasional anonymous but an exeollcnt lawyer and iudgo. 1
communication in tho newspapers dur- have novor heard or road that tho
ing mo last nvo yoars, Innocontly sug. moaning of that docision was cvor nuea.
gosting that tho Court in adjoining tioncdbyanyoneinthoontiroComnion.
counties, and clsowhore throughout woallh.cxcopt a fow in lndianacounty.
the State, had refused liccnso, and do- All tho Common I'lcasJudiresth'onirh.
siring to know why Indiana county out tho Stnto have acted in obedience
suotiiu oean exception, we ol course to it and all, with vory tew execp.
paid no attention to newspaper sug- lions, had granted liccnso ovon before
gostions, trusting to time and obser- the decision, understanding the law to
vwiiouB to expose tne siuy laiscboods do as iiieroin declared, it is said thoro
therein proclaimed, but find that their is no liconso at present in Washington
uequuiii, repetitions ii as imposed on county. 1 do not know how that is,
somo honest minds. our romon- but if it be a fact, and If any applies
strance is nndor your own proper sig- tions wore mado. it iacortainlv crodita-
natures, and Is manly and direot. and bio to the ncnnlo nf that mnniv tl.ot
..l.l.....:j .L. ii-'j V ..'. . .. . . ' -. . "V
euuroi-u iu me vourt i nave roau tnoy must nave nreaenleil ani li nmannn
it carefully and do not dissent from to tbo Court as would enable it to re-
any Matemcnt therein contained ; but luso tbe license leoai.lt. As said by
br.Wo,.
(aprt,'M-U I ouarleld. Pa., Dee. 1, H tf.
no judge in Pennsylvania could now
refuse licenso ,for the reasons men
tioned in tho remonstrance, without
tho plainest violation of judicial duty,
lie cannot set asldo a law merely be
cause it does not ooincide with his
views. It he could, instead of boing
in. servants 01 tbe law, there would
be no Inw for him except bis own
pleasure What would be tbe use in
having a Legislature it the judge can
sot aside the ironactmonts whenevor he
docs not like thorn? The evils aris
ing from the sale of liquor are consid
erations which I think mny fairly
weigh with a Court and Inolino it to
ithbold a license wbonevor a legal
roason can be lound at all sufllcient
for the purpose. This is tb. principle
on which this Court has uniformly
acted, and consequently the numlior
of licenses bore is loss than In the
great majority of eountios of equal
population, lira not sure that there
is much practical advanlago in this,
to the cause of temperance becauso it
gives a monopoly of the buainoss to a
tew and therefore presents a stronger
inducement to embark in it Rat as
1 did not make the law or ask it to be
the Supreme Court, in a still moro ro-
oont caso than tbeono alluded to, "We
are certainly not to presume that tho
refusal of tho liconse was arbitrary,
and without some good roason." This
last case is in entire accordance with
the previous elaboralo decision of tbo
Mupreme Court. Kvcry oandid lawyer
knows it, and could not mistake it un
less through dullness quito uncommon
in the profession. It has never boon
suggoslod anywhere, exocpt here, that
It changed or modified the former do-
oision In the slightest degree. Is it
likely that all the Common I'leos
Judges of the State are mistaken about
tbe extent ol thoir powor 7 1 prcsumo
you did not know that all the Judges
in tne Commonwealth granted licenso.
This, in Itself, was a .fact rathor un
favorable to thoso whose manly pur
pose was lo deceive you for you
would naturally enough fool modest
about asserting an opinion on a ques
tion ol law, contrary to that held by
tho wholo Vouch ol your Stale. Ilouce
the anonymous loiters and little items
eon from time to time in your news
papers intimating mat ibis, mat, and
the other judge bad granted no license
made, I simply endeavor to keep my in bis district. I can conceive no good
end to bo reached by all this misrepre
sentation. Ever sinco tho local option
law was repealed, and tho present
licenso law passed, thoro have beon
licenses in all tbo counties referred to.
In ono of Ihe counties whore I have
soon it Bomotimos stated, and othors
intimated, that there was novor any
license, the number ot licensed hotels
and saloons bas lately been reduced to
somothing less than ono hundred. It
ia certainly strange that falsehoods
snouid Do publislieu when they are
capablo of oasy detoction but it some
times bappons that a falsehood is suo-
cosslul from its vory audacity, cspeci
ally if tho atatoment comes train a re
spectable man, who bas himsolf, beon
imposed upon by the authors ol tho lio.
For your information, as well as for
tuo inlormation of .othors on a sub ect
about which you iiave a right to be
informod, 1 now give you tho language
ui mo oupremo court, ana although
you aro not lawyors, yet as men ol
oommon senso you can see for your
boIvos what the law is :
"Whether any or all liconBO should
bo granted is a legislative not a
judicial question. Courts sit to ad
minister the law fairly, as it is given
to them, and not to muko or reneal it.
Tbo law of the laud hus determined
that licenses shall exist, and has im
posed on the Court tho duty ot ascer
taining the proper Instances in which
tho licenso shall bo granted, and thoro-
fore bas given it to the Court to do
oido upon each caso as itarisus. in due
course ol law, the act of dooiding is
judicial not arbitrary or willful. The
discretion vostcd in tho Courtis there
fore a sound judicial discretion, and to
bo a rightful judgment it must be ex
orcised in the particular case, and upon
tho facts and oircumstancos before the
Court, and thoy have beon heard and
duly considered in other words it is
to bo exercised in each case according
to tho rule givon by the Acts of As
sembly. To say that I will grant no
liccnso to any one, or that 1 will grant
iu every ouo is not toucciuo juuiciaily
on tho merits of tho caso, but to do
termino beforehand, without a hearing,
or elso to disregard what has boon
neara it is, to determine not accord
ing to law, but outsido of law and is
not a legal judgment, but tho oxerciso
ol an arbitrary will. Discretion iB
thus dcacribod : whore anything is left
to any person to bo done according to
bis discretion the law intends it
must bo dono with a sound discre
tion and according to law, and
tho Court of King's Bench hath a
power to redress things that are other
wise done, nothwithstunding they aro
left to tho discretion of those that do
them, it is the duty of tho Court
therefore to hear cucb case on its evi
dence and facts to ascortain the fit
ness of tho applicant the necessity of
nis uoubo lor tne public accominoda
tion aa a botoi, and to see that the ap
plicant has fully complied with tho
law, before bis liconso can bo granted."
Ibis languago is porloctly clear, and
no person in .Pennsylvania, outsido of
this county, has ever pretended that it
would admit of the least misunder
standing. Now, look at tho romon
strance you sent the Court, in tho light
oi mis uociBion, ana you will soo that
it is nothing moro than a protost
against tho liconso law. You Bay tho
salo of liquor is unnecessary for tho ac
commodation oi tbo traveling public.
I think so too butthoSuprome Court
Bay that tho propriety and policy ot
license is not a question for tho judi
ciarybut for the Legislature. It the
ovidenoo Bbowed in any caso that tbo
bouse of tbe applicant was not ncc
ossary for the accommodation of stran
gers and travellers, a Court could re
fuse the liconBO on that ground, and
yet be acting according to the law.
Tho sulo of tho liquor, you know, is
not mentioned even hy tho Legisla
ture, in connection with strangers and
travellers. Thoy are the people the
house is intended to accommodato
tho liquor was designed for all whether
strangers and travellers or not, except
minors anu others to whom sules are
forbidden. If tho necessity for liquor
or tbo gcnoral policy of liconso were
questions for theCourt, what ubo would
it be to hoar each caso on its own par
ticular facts tho duty to do which is
so strongly taught in tho opinion noted ?
A bearing in any caso would bo merely
formal and wholly usoloss, for evory
application would bo condemned in ad
vance, and thrown out ot the Court if
tho opinion ol the Judge was against
tho necessity for liquor, or tbo pro
priety ot a liconso law. Havo you
over slopped to think how a Court
would go about trying the question "Is
liconso necessary V What would bo
tho process? ilow lopg would tho
trial last? What would be tbo nature
of tho evidence adduced? One side
would introduce- witness altor witness
who would stato, In his opinion, liccnso.
so far from boingnccossnry was a posi
tively uau iiiing Hint it produced
nothing but mischief and sorrow. A
million witnesses would probably all
swear tho samo way. When tho first
side got through then the other sido, if
still alivo, would begin. Witnesses
would bo called tOBWoarthat. whether
there bo liconso or not, liquor will bo
sold and that, in their opinon, it is bet
tor to have a responsible soller with
good sureties on his own bond, than to
maintain low whisky dons, whoso
keepers, when convicted and sontoncod.
cannot pay their lines, but go to Jail
and board for u season at public cx
penso, and then como out under tho
insolvent laws, perhaps lo begin tho
illicit traftlo again. Now when the
hoanng Is onded tho Judgo has tho
same opinion about tho general pro
priety nf liconso and tbe necessity lor
liquor that he bad whon It began and
ho sots his foot on that application.
But as each case must bo heard on its
own facts, ho takos up tho next appli
cation, and goes through tho samo
process ol opinions lor and against tho
liconso law. You soo what nonsonso
this is: and that liccnso ia a question
of publio morals to bo passed on by tho
legislature, and is not such a disputed
question of fact or law as is proper to
try in auourl. Ii it was lor the Court,
then the question instead of depending
on the will oi tne people who make
tho laws through their Legislature
would depend on thowillof tho Judgos
who don t muko thorn, and havo no
more voice in their making than any
other number ot voters In tho Slate,
is whisky necessary? What man in
possession of bis senses will say that Is
a legal quostion, or a question for a
lawyer or a Judge more than any
other individual. Who ovor expects
lo soo a law book written on Hint sub
ject T When you bear authorities
cited on that question in a Court you
will probably also hear them cited in
the samo placo, on the necessity of
tobacco, or of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup.
It is said, however, that whethor
there shall be license or ant dopends
on the discretion of tho Court. You
see from the opinion ot the Supreme
Court what Judicial Discretion is.
Evory candid and competont lawyer TIIE CEXSUS BY ALTITUDES.
knows wnat is meant by a contingent
romaindor or an estate in fee simplo,
ana yoi nisa word by which tho dema
gogue mny for a timo at least succeed
in docoivingand misleading some poo
plo. Ho artfully suggests that it moans
the samo thing as the Judges' own
pleasure or hia own will or in other
words, a choice between whisky or no
woisky, in which the Judge bas noth
ing to consult, except bis own sover
eign pleasure or will or it not his
own will, then tho will of thoso por
Bons in the county who may remon
strato against a law porvading the
whole Siato. Who is so ignorant of
tue iiinaamontai principles of his Gov
ernment, as not to know that we have
no master but the law, and that Judgos
abovo all other porsons,aro i ts servants ?
W hen thoro is a law on any given su bjoct
it is lony ana maanoss to mm snout a
Court having the power to regard it
or disregard it at its pleasure. It is
ly when a Inw violates tbo Consti.
tulion that a Court may set it aside;
but in doing so, it exercises no arbi
trary powor it merely assorts and
maintains tbe superior authority of
tho Constitution, adopted by the pco-
ne, and wuicn is master ot the Legis
uture as well as tho Courts. Thoro
aro a hundred things resting in the
discretion ol the Courts, which 1 will
not take timo to cnumerato. A Judge
ignorant enough to suppose that ho
could porlorm all duties rotating to
them according to his own pleasure
and not according to tbe rule furnished
by the law, might make himself as ty
rannical and odious as an Eastern des
pot. It is difficult to deal with such
absurdities with any degree of patience,
and I forbear further remark. The
present liccnso law is the most strin
gent ever passed. Its penalties are
heavy, and its commands difficult to
keep. Whoever sells liquor under it.
voluntarily enters upon a hazardous
business. Any liconso law, however, is
prooauly unacceptable to a largo ma
jority of tbe peoplo of this county.
Pooplo in many other counties like it
no better. Rut dislike ol a law fur
nishes no reason for setting it aside ex
cept by legitimate methods, and to
these methods the peoplo throughout
the Stato aro confiuing themselves. On
the other hand thoro aro a very large
number of citizens in tho Stato wbodo
like this law and have a legal right to
expociioat it win Dotuirly administer
ed as long as it remains on the statute
book. Tho man who doos not ap
preciate tho importance of adhering to
law, has not thought much beneath
the surface of things. Tho Court is
tho last place to which anybody should
turn for an example of insubordina
tion. I know full well that the signers
ot this remonstranco would not desire
anything except what was proper and
lawful, but thoy havo bocn grossly im
posed on nnd deceivod, with rospoct to
tno power ol the court. We will
make tho following indorsement on
your remonstrance, via : "If we bad
tho legal powor to refuse liconses for
tbe reasons stated in this remonstrance
wo would refuse all applications ; but
believing that wo have no such right
or powor tho applications ot Uompors
and Kciffcr must bo granted each of
said applicants having, in all particu
lars, complied with the law, and no ob
jection boing mado against tbcm, ex
cept tbe mutter mentioned in the re
monstrance." If yon should think us wrong as to
the powor of tho Conrt, you can then
arrange to remove tho question to the
Supremo Court, and if you should suc
ceed there, you will enjoy the distin
guishing honor of having Btoppod all
licenso in Indiana county. Nor will
the bonetit of your effort bo confined
to homo. Tbe inhabitants of othor
eountios all ovor the State will be sur
prised and delighted with a remedy
that novor occurred to them as giving
tho least promise of success. 1 havo
mado the indorsement for the purpose
of facilitating the removal of the mat
ter to tho Supromo Court, and if thoro
boany poreou who believes that that tri
bunal has not already pronounced upon
it, we hope he will make an honest
effort to procure a docision.
JOHN V. 11LAIR.
mi ATS A PIUNTERf
A printor, according to a punning
exchange, is the moot curious being
living, no may nave a "bank ' and
"quoins and not bo worth a cent
riuvo "small caps and neither wito nor
children, cuiiors may run fast, bo
gets along "swillor by "sotting fast.
Ho may bo making "impressions" with
out oloquenco; may uso tho "lye"
without offending, and still tell tho
truth ; whiloothcrscannot stund while
thoy sot, ho can "sot standing," and do
both at tho samo timo ; may havo to
uso "furniture," and yot bavo no dwell
ing; may make and put away "pi"
and never see a pie, much less eat it
during his wholo life ; bo a human
being and a "rat" at tbo samo; may
"press" a good deal, and not ask a
favor ; may handlo a "shooting iron"
and know nothing about a cannon,
gunor pistol ; bomay movotho "levor"
that moves the world, and yet be bo
far from the morning globe as a hog
upon atnololnll; "spreadsheets" with
out being a houso-wife ; ho mny lay his
lorin on tbo "bed and yot bo obliged
to sleep on the floor ; he may nso tho
"nagger without shedding blood, and
Irom tho earth may handle "hlnrs ;" he
may bo ot a "rolling disposition, and
still nevor desiro to travel ; bo can
have a "sheep's" loot and never bo de
formed; novor without a "caso" and
knows nothing about law or physio;
be alwaya correcting his "errors" and
bo growing worse every day ; have
"embraces," without evor having tbe
arms ol a lass thrown around him
havo his "form locked up," and at tho
samo timo be tar Irom tbo jail, watch
hotiso, or any othor confinement, bo
may bo plaguod by tho "devil" and not
be a Christian ol the vory best typo.
Strategy and "PnuNNr." An ex
chango says that two young ladies ol
alloged "rospoctability," of Buffalo,
wore anxious to soe Sara Bernhardt
play " Camille," but boing unable to pay
the $3 por scat in tbe lowor portion of
tho houso, blackenod thoir laces, and
passing themsolvoa off as nogrosscs,
went Into tbe gallery whore the ad
mission was only f 1. The ruse was
quickly discovorod, and the young
womon's associates, the gallery gods,
"mado it pleasant" lor thorn botween
tho acts.
Til I POPULATION 0F TU I BtUIONS AT Till
DIFFERENT HEIOI1TS.
The Census office has issued a bulle
tin showing tbo distribution ot the pop.
ulatlon of tho United States abovo sea-
level. From this bulletin it appears
thatncarlyone-fourthoftheinhahitants
live below one hundred feel, I. e., along
the Immediato seaboard and in the
swampy and alluvial regions of the
Houth ; moio tban two tilths below
SOO ; more than throe-fourths below
1,000 foot, while 97 per cent, live below
2,000 feet. In tho aroa below 500 feet
ia includod nearly all that part of the
population which is ongagod in manu
facturing, and most of that engagod in
tho culture of cotton, rice and sugar.
mo intervals between tbo BOO and
the 1,500 fcot contours comprises tbe
greater part of the prairio States, and
tbe grain producing States ot the
Northwest. East of the OUth meridian
tbo contour of 1,500 foot is practically
tho nppcr limit of population, all tbe
country lying upon that elevation boing
mountains.
The population botween 2,000 and
5,000 feet is (bund mainly on tho slope
oi me great western piuinB. in this
region tho fall bctwocn 2,000 and 3,000
feet ia almost everywhere tho debata
ble ground between tho arid region ot
tho Cotdillorau platoau and the humid
region of tho Mississippi Valloy. Abovo
3,000 loot irrigation ia almost univers
ally nocosbary for success In agricul
tural operations.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, and
more marked bctwoen 5,000 and 6,000
feet, the population is decidedly in ex
cess ot tbo grade or grades below it
This is mainly duo to tho fact that tbe
densest settlement at high altitudes in
tho Cordilleran region is at the base of
tbo Rocky mountains and in tho valloy
of the groat Salt lake, which regions
lie between 4,OU0 and 6,000 foet. Of
these tho extensivo settlements at the
base of tho mountains in Coloiado aro
mainly between 5,000 and 6,000 feet.
Above b,00U teot the population, which
ia confined of course to tho Cordilleran
region, is almost entirely engaged in
the pursuit of mining, and the great
part ot it is locatod in Colorado, Now
Moxico, Nevada and California. Ex
amining the increase in population in
the several divisions during the past
decade there is noticed a docided
incrcaso in tbe lowest grade, due to
increase in our seaboard towns and
cities; also a gain, though not as do
cided, in tho grado of 100 to 500 loot,
with a more marked increase between
500 to 1,000 feet. Botwoon 1,000 and
2,000 feet tho increase fans been nearly
50 per cent. j
In this grade, thoeffectof immigra
tion in new and previously unsettled
regions appears, iu part in Texas,
AanBas,rtebraska,L)akotah, Minnesota.
Above 2,000 foet, the increase, though
small numerically, is proportionally
very great, iiotwcon 4,uoo and B.ouo
it is more than 100 por cent, duo
mainly to the nowly-a wakened interest
in mining, lo this cause may also be
largely attributed the increase in popu
lation in the highor altitudes. A com
putation based upon tho fow iacts here
submitted shows that the mean eleva
tion of the population above the soa
is about 700 leet. Tho mean elevation
of tbo surface ot the Unitod States has
been estimated at 2,600 feet
TIIEPOPESMESSAQK TO TUE
CZAR.
Statements that have found their
way into the columns of some of the
loading newspapers of the country in
reference to tho standpoint from which
tho Czar, aa the bead of the Russian
Church, ia viewed from a Roman Cath
olic altitude, rondor necessary a few
words of explanation in order to cor
rect an erroneous impression likely to
he produced by the publication towhich
we havo relorred. The New York
3"i'rnj, in referring lo tho subject, said
among othor things : "From tbe Ro
man Catholic standpoint the Czar is a
heretic and an anti-Christ" This, wo
aro assured upon high Catholio author
ity, is not the case. The Crar la rn.
garded by the Roman Catholic Church
as simply a schismatic, because he is
separated from the head of the Catholio
Church. The difference between a
heretic and a achismatio is that the
former denies some of tbe revealed
truths, while the latter admits them
but does not recognize the Pope as the
supreme head of the church. In this
sense tbe Czar, aa the ruler of his sub-
weeks ago last Sunday an attempt was
mauo to entice ber from Sunday school
by a forged note from homo, but the
Hevorend Dr. liuehsch, rnbbi of the
Madison Avenue Synagogue, suspected
something wrong and detained tbe
child. Mr.Strasburgerviowod tho body
lt t n AimiA rnnn at r rff atiM 1 1. A I . M
saw him before. He is at a loss why J?ct"' t'la"n, al80 "premf control in
he should be singled out for such an il"e "lall,-r ol religion, and in that ro-
ispcui is, as viewed irom tho l atholio
j standpoint, simply a pretender and a
scuismailc layman, wbool course baa
no claim to the title of Supreme l'outitl.
Neither tbe Pope nor any Catholio re
garde tho Russian autocrat as anti.
Christ in tbo scriptural sonse, and at
no timo bas such an epithet boon ap
plied oithor by tho Pope or by any
Catholic to him. The Czar is thus not,
as we have explained, regarded by the
Catholic Church as an enemy of Christ,
but only in as much as he onnoses tha
divine regimen ot the itoman Catholio
religion. The Catholics, of course, re
gard tbe Czar as an oppressor of re
ligion, as be bas by lorcible means com
pelled millions of Catholics to turn
Irom tho laitb of their forefathers.
That the fact of tbe Pope sending mes
sages of condolence to tbo new Czar,
and "thereby recognizing heresy and
sympathizing wiih anti-Christ," as as
serted by the Times, is an equally un
tenable proposition. Tbo Pope is not
only the spiritual hoad of tbe Catholio
Church, but be is also at the same
timo, like the Czar, a prince, koldimr
diplumatic relations, even although de
prived of bis temporal power, and in
the latlor capacity sent hia messages
of condolence to the family ol the mur
dered Czar, just as did the other princes
of European countrios, and such indeed
as was sent by tho beads of our own
and other republics. Non-Catholic
princos arc, of course, outside tho pale
of tbo Catholic Church, and the Pope ar
rogalcs and exercises no spiritual pow
er nor jurisdiction whatever ovor thorn,
and tho anathemas which the Holy
See occasionally proclaims ere inflicted
on such as belong to the religion ot
which it is the recognized head on
earth. In a religious sense therefore
tho Pope, it will be soon, baa no more
to do with tho Czar of Russia or any
othor non-Catholic prince tban he bas
eeitlltkA L'inf'.l.a L1 L
A NO TIIEIl CIIA RLE Y ROSS
CASE.
THE ABDUCTOR KILLED AT THE OUTSET.
A man built a bouse worth 110,000
at Andovor, Mass., without spending a
dollnr. Ho bought all the material on
six months' credit, and al the end of
that timo refused lo pay. All tho
stuff was fast in the houso, whioh ho
bad sold to his wlfo. The labor was
obtained on tbe aame plan, and oven
the widow who boarded tho workmen
was swindled. Tbe man lives plaoidly
in bis fine residence, but is not greatly
lovod by hia neighbors.
About two weoka ago Mrs. Louis
Strasburgor, 128 East Sixty-first street,
tho wife of a wealthy dealer in watches
at 15 Maiden Lane, Now York, rocotved
a lettor demanding (00,000 and threat
ening the abduction of her little daugh
ter Rosa in case of reiusal. Mr. Stras
burgor immediately put the case in the
hands of tho detectives. By their di
rection thero was a brief correspond
ence with tho blackmailer. The threat
ening letters, which were signed "Ex
ecutive Committee, Third avenue,"
were continued. In one of Ihem it
was said that sixteen persons were en
gaged in the plot lo obtain money.
Un Vt odneBdny evoning a boy took
the letter to the Strasburgor residence.
Tbo governess, Miss Spoiler, took the
lettor, but when the boy loarnod that
she was not Mrs. btrasburgur bo
snatched it back, explaining that it
must be delivered to airs. Hlransburg
er in porson and hurried away. Cap
lain dinner, of the Twenty-oighlh pro.
cinct was notified, and ho sent Detect
ive Campbell, a man with an excellent
reputation on tho police forco, to the
houso of Mrs. Slrasburger, with in
structions to remain theio until tho
lettor came again. About ton o'clock
the letter caino. It contained direo
tions for tho delivery ot tho money.
ibey wore that Miss speller, tno gov
erness, should tako the money in an
cnvolopo, walk through Sixty-first
street, to Filth avenuo, and tbence to
Central park, n hen sho heard a pis
tol shot she was to drop the cnvolopo
and hurry borne without looking back.
An envolope was prepared by tho do
tective and about noon Miss Speller
started on her mission. Dolective
Campbell went cut tho back way and
followed bor. Al Sixty limt and Mad
isnn avenue be saw a man following
the lady and on Iho opposito side ol
thn atreet a second man, who made
signals to the first. These signals wore
repealed and answered.
When Ihe young woman was about
midway botweon .Madison avonuo and
Fifth avenue, on Sixty-first street, a
pistol shot was heard and tbe governess
dropped the package and hurried bomo,
glad to bo dono of bor part in tho pro
gramme. At the same instant Detec
tive Campbell hurried lorward. He
saw tho first man pick up theenvolopo.
Just as ho straightened up the detec
tive was upon him and reached forth
hia hand to arrest him. Tbe man
started back, throw hia hand behind
him, exclaiming :
"Don't touch me, or I'll blow your
brains out."
Tho detective at onco drew his re
volver, and presenting it at bis head
ordored bim to surrender and not to
draw his pistol. Tho man, with bis
right hand: still behind him, mado a
grab at Campbell's pistol, and tho de
tective says tho blow of bis hand dis
charged the pistol. Campbell insists
that he did not file at the man. At
all events the dctectivo's rovolvor was
discharged and tho big bullet wont
crashing througn the man a leu eye
and Into his brain. He dropped dead.
His body was taken to the Twonly-
eighth precinct station house. It was
that of a man about 35 years old, with
brown bair, long brown sido-wbiskors
and light moustache. Ho was well
dressed. From papers in his pocket It
was evident that his namo was Edward
Hermann Johnanncs Ssgort, and that
his mother residos at 18 Buolow street
Berlin, Prussia.
Rosa Btrashurger is a pretty and
intolhgont child, eleven yoars old. Two
attempt at blackmail.
PItOIIIBITlOX JIUX MA V.
The sober and judicious editor of tho
New York Times (politics excepted),
in alluding to the crazy efforts of en
thusiasts in a numbor of tho States who
are demanding laws so as to prohibit
the manufacture and salo of all Intox
icating liquors, aaya :
"An ostensible victory which, in tiro-1
bibitory oyes, will seem a great conso
lation for the wounds inflicted by tho
wicked Crosby is tbe Kansas law which
proposes to punish any clorgyman or
minister wno undertakes to administer
tho sacrament ol the Last Sunner with
fermented wine. Aa is generally
no ii, mo prouiuitionista were lorced
long ago cithor to deny that Christ and
His Apostles drank winoorto take the
ground so ably maintained by tbe lute
J. R. Robinson that "thoy didn't know
ovorything down in Judoo." They
uiiuone me lormcr alternative, and lo
ease tho strain thereby put upon the
Scriptures thoy invented tha hypothe
sis that thoro wore two kinds of wine
in uso in Judea, formontod and unfor
mentcd wine, and that while publicans
and sinners drank tbe former, all up
right. lews drank the lattor. That is
to say tho least, a gross- libel on tho
jews, lboso able peoplo wore singu
larly gifted in gastronomic genius, a
gift which their modern descendants
inherit They know what to eat and
what to drink. To suppose that David
and Solomon and the prophets knew
no bettor than to drink tbo sickening
and unwholesome juice of tbe grape in
its yet unfermonted state is to degrade
tbom fur below the level ot the intolli
gent heathen. Tho prohibitionists,
howovor, stoutly maintain that Christ
drank only nnfermcnted wino, and that
the use ol lermonted wino in the sao
ramcnt is a crime. Hence, they have
attempted to parody tbo most solomn
mystery of Christianity with elderber
ry juico and currant wino. and havo
thus substituted cramps and cholera
morbus lor sacramental graco. Tho
Church, and nearly all the sects, bavo,
nuwever, ciung to tne uso ol wine in
tho sacramont, to the groat grief and
inuignation oi me prouioilionists, and
wo can imazino the ioy with which
they greet the proposal of those pro
found theologians and Biblical critics,
the Kansas legislators, to forbid tha
eclohration of the sacramont, and to
substituto tho currant wine and oldor-berry.
the suy DO MOVE.
The Rev. John Jasper, Richmond's
well known colored preacher, repcatod
his celebrated lecture in Richmond on
a recent Sunday evening, before a largo
audience.
The renowned "sun" orator preach
ed from the book of Exodus : "The
Lord is a Man of War ; the Lord is His
Name." In very graphio manner
tho preacher carried bis large and very
attentive audience over tne limes when
Israel was in Egypt, and across tho
Red Sea, the Wilderness, the Jordan,
passod Joricho, and down to the wars
ot Joshua, and at this point proved to
the satisfaction ot a large class of bis
hearers that Joshua did command tho
the "sun to stand still." The preacher
referred to many passages alluding to
tne rising ana going down ol the sun.
ins logic a oou i ihe distance ol the sun
from the oarth was very fine, when,
wilh contempt, ho said some wise men,
so called, stated the distance to be forty
millions, otbors fifty millions, and one
as mucn as ono hundred and lour mill
ions of milos.
"W har could you get a tape line long
enough to measure such a distance?
And how could a man got up close
enough to the sun to hitch it on so as
to measure r I bo railroads can't got
tuur. a uo oauoons como nearer than
anything also: but who can conn?
Now in August it la bo hot bore that
loiks want an umbrella, a fan. and
plenty ol ico water ; and yot those wise
men say wo aro 104,000,000 of miles
from the sun. It is too foolish to bo
lievo such stuff." And turning around,
he looked into the face of one of tbe
most accomplished divinos ic Virginia
and ono of tho best civil engineers in
this country. Mr. Jaspor treated all
such figures as the work of a wicked,
foolish mind, who was not satisfied
with tho plain Word of God, but must
go outsido to teach such things that no
man cun learn.
To his mind the idea of the earth
being round is so loolish, that he would
not insult bis lienreis with any argu
mont on this nibicct. The Scriptures
say tho earth has four corners and
that was proof to him that it is not
round, "llow could mon be under their
feel ? How would they stick to the
earth ? Dey must bo liko flies, that
can walk on tho walls. I don't believe
sny such stuff."
Mr. Jaspor is a most earnest man.
He fully believes all ho says.and wields
a poworlul sway ovor his people, who
regaru mm as tho moat powertu;
preacher oi their color. Aorfolti I ir
yinni'i.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY M. L. McQCOWN.
All the local Normal Schools have
opened lor the Summer and are well
attended by students.
The Troutville public school, in
point of attendance, is the "banner"
school. Thirteen pupils having at
tended every day ol the term and forty-live
attended every day of the last
month. What school can beat it?
; r.s wiia t yo u spesd.
"It's wbut thoe'll spend, my son,"
saiu a sage Old uuakor, "not what
thoe'll make, which will doc ido wheth
or Ihco's to bo rich or not" 'The ad
vice was trite, for It was Franklin'a
in another shape "Take care of the
pence, and tho pounds will tiiko enro
of themselves." But it cannot be too
often repeated. Mon are continually
indulging in small expenses, saying to
themselves that it is only a trifle, yot
forgetting that tho aggrcgato Is serious,
that even tbo seashore is mado up of
petty grains ni sand. Aenocnlsaday
' ...... a-in r.n - .. . i i . . .
IB won w-iu.iiv ra vur, rtuu tnni IB tno
intorostol a capital ol fliOO. The man
that saves ten cents a day only is so
much richor than ho who does not, as
if bo owned a life estate in a house
worth 1000; and if invostod quarterly
docs not tako half Hint timo. But ton
oonta a day is child's play, somo will
oxclaim. Well, then, John Jacob As
tor a sod to say that when a man who
wishos to be rich has saved f 1 0,000 be
has won half tho battle. Not that
Astor thought 110,000 much, but he
know that in making such a sum a
man acquired habits of prudent econo
my, which would koep him advancing
in woalth. How many, howovor, who
spend 110,000 in a lew yoars in extra
expenses, thon, on looking back, can't
toll, as they say, "where tbe money
wont to." To save Is to got rich. To
squander, even In small sums, is tbe
Urst stop towards the poor-house.
Miss Ella Ralston, teacher of the
Ohio school, in Decatur township,
sends ns an account of the closing ex
ercises of her school on April 8th, 1881.
Thirty viBitora were present Messrs.
Isaiah McLarren, John McLarren and
Jesse Goss delivored addresses. It is
said that the pupils all performed tboir
parts well.
An Educational Association will be
beld at Now Millport, on Saturday,
May 7th. The programme has been
arranged for an afternoon and evening
soBsion. A numbor of distinguished
educators from a distance are expected
to uo present, o. r. urocRbank, Jisq.,
and tbe County Superintendent are
down for evening speeches. Let all
attend who can and help make the
mooting a success.
FROM Bit A Dr TOWNSHIP.
Troutville, Pa., April II, 1881.
Friday, April 8th, was the olosing
day of our school. Tbe exercises of the
afternoon consisted ot recitations in
the different branches, interspersed
with declamations, dialogues and mu
sic. Tho houso was filled to overflow
ing. Vory appropriate remarks wore
mado by Messrs. L. C. Schocb, Jesse
W. Cnrlilo and S. G. Kuntz. Forty,
five pupils attended ovory dny during
tho last month. Thirty-one attondod
ovory day without any tardy marks.
Mr. Fred. Kohler, School Director in
the District, visited the school nine
times during the term, and was in the
Stato of irginia six woeks. The
school was also visited during tbe term
by Directors Shaffer and Hummell.
Mr. A. A. DcLarmo, whoso sucooss
in tho publio school has boon ao flat
tering, will teach a select school in
this placo, commencing Monday, May
2. The Re-union held on the 9th nit,
came up- lo tho expectations of all.
Many valuable papers were road, and
many wise suggestions made, by those
who took part in the deliberations.
It was well attondod by tho people.
norne oi our teachers nave gone to
tho Edinboro Stato Normal School, and
somo aro attending the Lumber City
School. A Student.
roll or iiosor.
The following is a list ol pupils re
ceived for the "Roll of Honor" for the
week ending April 15th. All whose
names appear in this list attended the
school to which they belonged every
day ol the school term :
Troutville School, in Brady town
ship, A. A. Delarmo teachor D. W.
Rishol, Calvin Wolbach, K. Schocb,
Cyrus Schoch, John Iloyh, Jas. Boyh,
Clarence i.ydie, Clarenoe Rishel, W.
A. Carlilc, Joseph Dopp, Geo. Wobor,
Clara Kunlr. and Ida Shugort
Williamsdalo school, in Goshen town
ship, Misa Ida Gearbarl teacher-
Millie Shiroy, attended every day, and
Mortio Flcgal, Crolgbton Flegal, Flor
once Flernl and Uorbort Luc. missed
ono hall day each.
Fruit Hill School, in Jordan town.
ship, Jennie M. Read teacher Flora
rendieton. 'ibo school tarnished a
map of Pennsylvania. It waa pur
chased by subscription.
Nevling School, in Boccaria town
ship, Willa V. Sboff teachor Laura
r.. Jjord and Daniel Nevling attended
ovory day of the term. Snra'l Smith
missed one day.
Clearfield Grammar School. No. 2.
Malt Savage teachor Eddie Mo.
Laugblin, liohort Wbitebill, Lewis
Brown and A. K. Wright
Green Run School, in Jordan town
ship, Loia McGaughey teacher-
Maud Witlicrite, and Annie Nolen.
Blain Run School, in lleooaria town
ship, Agnes Dale teacher Tberawa
liurkot and llertle liurket
Osceola Primary School No. 2. Deb
bie Read teacher Jennie Jackson,
Nora Myers and Mary Read.
Greenville School, in Bloom town.
ship, KmmaShirey teacher Wallace)
Thomas.
Clearfleld Primary School No. 1.
L. E. Weber teacher Paul Tate, T.
Kndroa and Roister William.